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This Month
- Opinion
- Media & marketing
New laws risk the end of free sports on TV
The government has one chance of modernising how broadcast rights are organised. Otherwise, iconic sporting events will be harder to find.
- Greg Hywood
Showtime! Media CEOs’ last stand with Foxtel over future of TV
Years of lobbying by free-to-air networks and Foxtel have come down to this week, when two crucial pieces of legislation are set to go before the Senate.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Updated
- Media & marketing
$250m deal to reshape radio market collapses
Southern Cross Austereo’s regional TV stations proved the sticking point for Anchorage Capital Partners’ deal. ARN is left to try and salvage a way forward.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
After losing a deal, Stokes’ newspaper pursued Forrest
The West Australian published dozens of critical articles about Fortescue’s founder after he refused to buy trucks from a related company.
- Updated
- Aaron Patrick
Stokes’ anti-AFR price rise could breach competition law: Samuel
Billionaire Kerry Stokes has faced political criticism – and calls for an ACCC investigation – for forcing The Australian Financial Review print edition out of his home state of WA.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones, Tom McIlroy and Tom Rabe
Billionaire Kerry Stokes takes it all very personally
In the media business, he who controls distribution, controls all.
- Mark Di Stefano and Myriam Robin
AFR to stop printing in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’
Nine has been forced to pull its print editions of The Australian Financial Review from Perth after Seven West Media demanded double the cost of printing.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Seven, WIN turn off ‘loss making’ Ten in Mildura
A joint venture between Seven West Media and WIN will shut down at the end of June, cutting off the aerial signal to Network Ten in parts of regional Victoria.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Stokes lieutenant Anthony De Ceglie wants a ‘unified voice’ at Seven
Seven West Media’s first company-wide editor-in-chief is now in charge of more than 30 news sites and 16 hours of news coverage every day.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
April
Post-Bruce Lehrmann, Kerry Stokes tries to reset
Seven West Media taps old heads for a refresh after a terrible few months.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
Seven settles with man it wrongly named as Bondi killer
Less than a week into the job, Seven West Media’s chief executive Jeff Howard has apologised to student Ben Cohen for the error by its flagship Sunrise show.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Seven CEO James Warburton exits with $6.6m in shares
Who needs a non-disparagement clause when there are 33 million shares riding on talking up the Kerry Stokes-controlled broadcaster?
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Positively manifesting post-Bruce Lehrmann
Seven’s time in the spotlight keeps getting uglier. Execs, though, are putting out the good vibes.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
The damage done to Seven West Media from cocaine and prostitute claims
Weeks of headlines haven’t dampened advertiser appetite for Seven’s footy ads, media buyers say. But that is not strictly true for its reputation and its board.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Seven’s new Boral bid; Mercedes mortgage pain; $77m Toorak double deal
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Up in the air: Seven’s new boss braces for impact
Jeff Howard watched ex-Seven producer Taylor Auerbach give evidence on Friday while flying back from Adelaide, two weeks before he takes over Seven’s top job.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Max Mason
Seven’s cost cuts claim the US ‘job’ of former Sunrise boss
The focus has firmly been on the network’s Spotlight program (and its incredible expense bill). But it seems savings are being made elsewhere.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Seven paid for Lehrmann’s story. Now it is the story
The television network’s pursuit of an interview with the accused rapist has put its tactics on trial.
- Aaron Patrick
Spotlight’s Mark Llewellyn, in Bruce Lehrmann’s reflection
The explosive affidavit now at the centre of the Lehrmann saga details the alleged involvement of Seven’s TV producer extraordinaire.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
- Analysis
- Defamation
Ten flips the Higgins narrative against Seven
Judge Michael Lee must decide if a man who may have lied to his lawyers, judges and the public has a reputation worthy of being protected.
- Aaron Patrick
